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  Time for a break?

  Even after a late-night arrival following an unusually laborious All-Star weekend, Diana Taurasi is full of energy, tossing balls as high as she can against a wall on the sideline, racing out to high-five teammates at the end of every drill. ... more »

  John Marshall, Associated Press 1 month ago

  basketball | sports event | Summer Olympics | world championship

• Sun revolve around 3 former UConn Huskies

  Former University of Minnesota star Lindsay Whalen was playing for Connecticut, and swapping the point guards would please the fan bases of both WNBA teams. On Monday, the trio were the center of attention as Connecticut opened training camp... more »

  Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press 4 months ago

  basketball | celebrity | school

• Drafting Charles just one of a flurry of moves by Sun

  [...] Sienko, the Sun's vice president and general manager, and Thibault, the head coach, stayed with the status quo. [...] while the Sun continued to win, their success in the playoffs started to take a serious nose dive -- the team lost in the... more »

  5 months ago

  children | basketball | Summer Olympics | celebrity | sports event

• U.S. women's national team to train in Storrs, Hartford

  [...] I think this is the perfect place for us to have it right now because of the excitement that's here in Connecticut. Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx), Alana Beard (Washington Mystics), Swin Cash (Seattle Storm), Tina Charles (UConn), Kara... more »

  Rich Elliott, STAFF WRITER 5 months ago

  basketball | sports event | accident (general)

• UConn women's notebook: Charles, Moore added to U.S. women's roster

  Former UConn All-Americans Renee Montgomery, Swin Cash and Asjha Jones, former Louisville All-American and 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream), Alana Beard (Washington Mystics), Shameka Christon (New York Liberty),... more »

  6 months ago

  basketball | sports event | Summer Olympics

• Sun add guard Lawson to off-season makeover

  A month after finishing with their worst record ever, a season when the Connecticut Sun did not make the playoffs for the first time in their seven-year history, coach Mike Thibault took a piece of chalk and wrote his "wish list" on the... more »

  By Chris Elsberry, STAFF WRITER 7 months ago

  basketball | sports event | Summer Olympics

• Lady Trojans beat Masuk, 70-42

  While this may have the second straight win for the Lady Trojans, longtime followers might have been shocked by the outcome and assumed it was Masuk who won in a lopsided victory, based on how their tilts used to end, going all the way back to... more »

  By Eliot Schickler 7 months ago

  basketball

• Lady Trojans cagers dominate Amistad

  Amistad tied it 7-7 on freshman Aijah Fox' trey with 5:54 remaining in the first quarter but Weston took the lead for good 14 seconds later when senior captain Brittany Swanson swished a trifecta from senior captain Jessica Welsh. Swanson (22... more »

  By Eliot Schickler 7 months ago

  basketball

• Sun deal for chance to draft UConn's Charles

  Tina just happens to be Tina Charles, senior center for UConn and a rising superstar among the college ranks and her good friend just happens to be Mike Thibault. Thibault, the coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, thought for a moment before... more »

  7 months ago

  basketball | celebrity

• ELSBERRY For Sun, dealing Whalen worth bringing two UConn stars home

  Tina just happens to be Tina Charles, senior center for UConn and a rising superstar among the college ranks and her good friend just happens to be Mike Thibault. Thibault, the coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, thought for a moment before... more »

  7 months ago

  basketball | celebrity